The same role. They paid the ultimate sacrifice. Were so heart broken by their loss. Were so grateful that they lived. Their sacrifice means is much to me and other women. Reporter just weeks ago, she returned from her second tour in afghanistan, where she led a platoon of 22 soldiers. Linzie janis, abc news, philadelphia. Thats a special young woman. Nice that shell be home for the holidays. Absolutely. Thats whats making news this america this morning. Say live, from the abc broadcast centers this is good morning washington on your side. A deadline today for getting a federal health plan. If you want to sign up for obamacare. New action against retailers growing this morning. I am jummy olabanji. To talkn, nothing bad about really. It really is quite spectacular. It is so mild out there. Temperature starting out there this morning at 60 degrees which is much lower than temperatures have been. We broke so many temperature records this year. It is a rainy start to this monday morning. This rain will stick the rest throughout will stick with us out the day. I cant get over the temperatures. 59 in frederick, 62 degrees in fredericksburg. Temperatures today will begin to fall as the cold front approaches. Keep the umbrella handy as there will be rain all day long. Tomorrow, it will actually be cold for Christmas Eve. Yes, i think a few flurries are possible. It will certainly be feeling more like the holidays with some colder temperatures. I will join you in a few minutes from the belfort furniture weather center. 4 30 one now. If you want Health Insurance at the start of the new year, you have until today to enroll. Volunteers with the districts exchange ec health link are trying to help people sign up. Residents who dont have insurance say they are eager to get it. It takes a lot of burden off me. Because before i just used emergency instead of getting the proper care i need very that on that money to pay for the emergency room so i am still stuck. If you dont mind having Health Insurance plan that starts after january 1, you can enroll anytime until march 30 first. If that deadline is missed, penalties for the uninsured will kick in. Lawsuits are moving forward after target experience one of breaches ofcredit history. Hackers broke to the retailer security system. Target could be looking at a potential damages of more than 5 million. Said, after aleen weekend of record High Temperatures it is now on to rain. Many of us will be seeing a wet christmas instead of a white one. Christian fischer has the latest. Hundreds of thousands of people without power this morning. The worst ice storm to hit the region since 1998, taking down trees and power lines. The ice going against each other, it sounds like a train going by. It could be days before the power is restored which means many families are worried that they could be spending christmas in the dark. Meanwhile, hundreds of flights have been canceled and thousands delayed across the country. Flash floods swept away dozens of homes. The only thing spared was a family christmas tree. We have nothing. We dont know where we are going to go. Huge chunks of ice came dangerously close to hitting shoppers. In kentucky, three people were killed in rising waters washed away this suv. Firefighters rescued residents by raft. My grandmother and my cousin. Recordsetting temperatures in the high 70s and christmas just two days away. Is great for the golfers. That warmth wont last long. Temperatures are expected to plunge 2040 degrees from the southwest to northeast. New this morning, a potential crisis averted. Official says the United States evacuated all the citizens from the south sudan all the american citizens from south sudan. Still huge safety concerns this morning. Foreign nationals are still stranded in a region which is expected to erupt into war. Linda, how much of an expansion here . The d. C. City council put through a measure that expands includees loss to restaurants and bars. Act requires employers to provide up to five days of eight sick leave for year two resident to restaurant and bar workers. The mayor said he is not yet received the bill but will most likely sign it. The d. C. Mayors race dinner that is it for me, now back to you. Thank you. A roadside message turning heads in Prince Georges County. Neighbors say they have had enough and they want something done. That is coming thereis warm and wet out this morning. A great weekend, though. A lot of record temperatures. Temperatures soared into the 70s. It is unbelievable, but yes, records broken at all the major airports. Today is our final day of warm weather. 60 degrees this morning here outside the belfort furniture weather center. It is going to be rainy all day long, so keep your rain gear with you. Those plumes shows of moisture is stretching from the southeast all the way into the midatlantic. Heres a closeup of our live super doppler that shows the entire region inundated. Unbelievable for the end of december. Two days ago we kick started the winter season. Reagan, 55 in winchester with rain falling. Temperatures today will slowly fall. By about lunchtime will be back into the middle 50s. This evening dropping down to the lower 50s and eventually the 40s. Our High Temperature will be reached this morning. Christmas eve, 42, drastically different. With the wins it will feel like 30s maybe if a few flurries possible. Degrees. Nny and 37 quite an extreme as far as temperature changes over the next several days. Pattern as a quiet we head into the last few days of 2013. Jummy . A lifetime of traffic around the area. Heavy pockets of rain causing some troubles. Road, exit 31. Ll just prior to the bay bridge. To 66, 234 they broken down car that has been moved out of the way. No delay at this point. 270 southbound moving without delay. A check of our camera shot at route 109 shows everything running smoothly. You want to watch for that road spray causing reduced visibility. That is a look at traffic. I am back to you. Jim, thank you so much. In Prince Georges County of having to put up with a huge eyesore. It is huge. Wait until you hear how long this pile of junk has been sitting on the sidewalk and why it might not the going anywhere anytime soon. Checking our top stories this morning. Today is a key deadline for the new health care law. You have to enroll by today to get your insurance by january 1. If you dont mind having a claim that starts after the date you can enroll any time until march 31 heard of that deadline is missed, penalties for the uninsured will kick in. Facing two new lawsuits this morning after one of the largest credit card breaches in u. S. History. More than 40 Million People had their credit or debit card information stolen after hackers broke through targets security systems. Claimants are seeking class action status. The u. S. Successfully evacuated american citizens from the south sudan. Many fear that country is on the verge of a civil war. A neighbor in Upper Marlboro snapped this photo and sent it to abc 7 news. He is just one of many on that street that is calling on the county to clear all the junk. Is he an nicer to the community. Up people are live on old a drive are frustrated over a home in horrible shape. Really has residents like kendrick savage fuming . I cant believe it very look at this stuff. On december 13, almost 10 days ago, dozens of workers dumped much of what was inside the house onto the sidewalk and then left. Theres a piano, several chairs, boxes, five mattresses. The home has been vacant for several years and went to the foreclosure process. Foreclosure or not, you cant just dump on this land. This is ridiculous. It is unsanitary. They ask county officials for lp. Im sure if this was countyt of the Executives Office this would have been gone a long time ago. This wont be the view when family and friends have when driving by. It makes your home look like a dump. We all workd hard to live in decent neighborhoods. County, itg to the is a responsibility first and foremost of the homeowner, not the county. We contacted county officials and they say despite that they are certainly concerned about the Public Safety nature of the situation and they will try to resolve it as soon as possible. Abc 7 news. 4 40 seven now. D. C. Police are looking for the person responsible for deadly shooting in northeast d. C. It happened around 4 00 sunday morning on saratoga avenue when officers arrived they found two men had been shot. Michael davis died at the hospital. The second victim is expected to make a full recovery. Please are hoping this Surveillance Video of School Burglary will lead to an arrest heard this breakin happened or the Early Morning hours of october 16 at Excel AcademyCharter School on Martin Luther king jr. Avenue. This is just one of 16 school burglaries in the district since classes began in august areas big changes at the top of a fund that paid compensation from a bp oil spill. Top officials resigned months after accused of improper conduct. In september a former fbi agent appointed by new Orleans Federal District Court accused the pair of setting up a side business. 4 48 and israeli leaders are lashing out at the surveillance program. The u. K. The u. S. And to stop spying on israel. They indicate emails of some of israels former top leaders were intercepted. Back here at home, coming up on the day ahead, d. C. s councilmen will hold his annual toy giveaway for children in need. It will take place from 58 tonight. Is been made possible through the u. S. Marines toys for tots program and several volunteers. Hopefully they will have some dry weather. Councilman barry will have some dry weather. Tomorrow it will eventually feel like the holidays. It certainly hasnt over the past weekend. Yesterday our high got to 72 degrees, which is a record. Our average 45 degrees, todays record 71 degrees. Temperatures will fall throughout the day today. I dont expect any records. Weve got a lot of rain stretching all the way from the midatlantic down to the southeast heard all part of a cold front that will eventually drop temperatures over the next few days. Rain, a floodt watches in effect for the entire d. C. Metro area until 2 00 today. We could see an additional half inch of rain, not out of the question. Is 59 degrees in d. C. We have dropped two degrees third 51 degrees at dulles, manassas and gaithersburg, 60 degrees there. Is reduced down to less than two miles in winchester. The warm air should be short lived and this and the cold air right behind it. The rain will eventually begin to taper off as we head through the late evening hour. Temperatures starting off this morning near 60, dropping into the 40s. When shifting as well. Tonight, 3035 degrees. Tomorrow for Christmas Eve a few flurries are possible. 4045 degrees. With the wind of the northwest between 10 and 20 miles an hour it is possible that it wont feel like the 30s. Temperatures falling. On wednesday sunny and cold, 37 and then rounding out the work week into the next weekend conditions thing pretty quiet with partly to mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the 40s eventually climbed to 50 by the end of the weekend on sunday. Good morning, eileen. It is a very light falling traffic with rain causing some problems around the area. Steady and heavy in some pockets and the lighter and others. Eastbound on route 50 before white hall wrote, just prior to the bay bridge this crash locking the left lane. We did have some problems on 66 at 234. A broken down car was blocking the right lane. That is now all cleared away. As you move to 270, running without delay. All the way down from frederick asked one at nine. Back to you. Thank you so much, jim. It is 4 51 and we want to get another story. Some new video of a nasty accident in arlington. John, what happened . A bad single vehicle crashes morning green road in arlington. The car you see their careened over the railing and was stuck in an embankment. We capture the video of the mangled car being pulled out of a ditch by a tow truck. This accident occurred just before for this morning. The 4500 block could be closed. Please tell us know and was injured in this accident which is Pretty Amazing considering you see that car. It couldve been worse. Ladies, back to you. John, thank you very much. 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It turns out he was right there. She surprised him by emerging from the tunnel. As you can imagine his parents are overjoyed. Several years since weve seen him. We talk on skype and all that but it doesnt do anything like seeing her son. Im excited. I just had a birthday. Is about birthday Christmas Gift i hope ever receive. They wouldnt get a heart attack when they saw me. Hunter spent the previous three days in a hotel in largo. It was hard to keep it quiet, but he is glad he was able to pull it off. Look at that. I could watch military homecomings every single day. I love those. Those, notmore of just on a holiday. Check this out, amazing video that you have to see. You can see flames burning inside several cars. This is what all the started